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of more than IBO lines. Although probably wearisome 

 to the casual reader, it is given in full, so far as is 

 possible, as well as the other incantations, in English 

 and in romanised Malay (Appendix I.) to serve as a 

 record of a peculiar performance that has not hitherto 

 been described. 



The Introductoey Song of the To* Mikdoe. 



In the name of God 1 



Ere the pen was made, 



Or the ink ground, 



The tablet of Fat« not yet written. 



The beginning (of time) not yet laid down, 



And the End not yet fixed, 



The Earth not yet spread, 



The arch of Heaven not yet created, 



And the Sea not lowered down. 



In perfect darkness and gloom before Creation, 



Jins and Dewas still unborn, 



Satan not yet created. 



The Prince of Darkness not yet created ; 



First came God and then the Apostle, ^ 



First the Apostle and then the Prophet, 



First the Prophet and then Adam, 



First Adam and then the holy Saints, 



First the holy Saints and then the Miracle- Workers, 



First the Miracle -Workers and then the Witneaaes, 



First the Witnesses and then Myself. 



I bow my head to tiie Earth, 



In remembrance of my Mother on Earth* 



And I gaze up to Heaven, 



In remembrance of my Father in Heaven. 



Keep well my secret, when I became a physician and a doctor of 



the learned- 

 In remembrance of Shaikh Abdulsaman, 

 Who lives a hermit in the East, 

 Shaikh Bantalok the orator, a danger to hia foe, 

 Who lives a hermit in the West, 

 Shaikh Abdnlkadir and Shaikh Abdulajar, 

 Who live as hermits (?) at the opposite poles, 

 The Shaikhs who control the four comers of the Earth, 

 In remembrance of the Miracle-working Seven of the Earth ! 



